Michael Mott obituary

Other lives: Poet, novelist and biographer who published widely on both sides of the Atlantic

Norman Myers obituary

Environmentalist who first calculated the damage caused by clearing tropical rainforests to raise cattle for hamburgers

Textile conservator who became the first housekeeper for the National Trust and co-wrote its bestselling conservation manual

Artist and children’s author who wrote the script for the BBC’s television classic Trumpton

American writer who epitomised the rackety world of the 1960s rock press and went on to become a successful biographer

Editor of the Guardian’s Weekend magazine who went on to become a trenchant, witty and much admired columnist

Other lives: Monk and yogi who spread the teachings of Sivananda yoga throughout the world

Architectural historian, garden designer and writer who was regarded as the godfather of postmodernism

American literary critic and author who delighted in overturning orthodoxies

Other lives: Authority on Latin American history and highly respected teacher

Other lives: Prolific artist and illustrator for BBC children’s television

Scholar whose detailed analysis of classical texts sustained his sense of wonder in philosophy

Hungarian author, sociologist and essayist who was on his country’s list of forbidden authors from 1977 until 1988

Poet who superimposed a psychic overlay on the streets and terraces of his native Belfast

Other lives: Early member of the editorial team at Penguin Books who was a pioneer of affordable literature